Color

#174ad3

#174ad3
hex#174ad3
rgbrgb(23, 74, 211)
hslhsl(224, 80%, 46%)
oklchoklch(0.475 0.217 264)
Closest name: Denim (#1560bd)Relative luminance 0.0978

Colors that go with #174ad3

Charcoal, Amber and Cornflower Blue lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.

Real palettes that use #174ad3

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#d3a117

#17a7d3 · #4317d3

#d3174a · #4ad317

Split-complementary

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#d34317 · #a7d317

#d317a7 · #d3a117 · #17d343

Contrast

#174ad3 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
7.1:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.96:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #3e6cea as the text (4.54:1)
  • AAA: use #7192ef as the text (7.06:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #cfcfcf (4.56:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #ffffff (7.1:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #174ad3 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#174ad3 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #174ad3
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #174ad3 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/174ad3-9ca2c4-df724e-221f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md